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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

De it known that I, SAMUEL IV. JONES, of Blu'ton, in the county ofWells, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin PruningShears; and I do hereby declare the follow-ing to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which-Figure I is a side elevation of my invention.

In this invention, the shears, fixed on the end of a staff', areoperated by two levers connected by rods with each other and with themovable blade of the shears.

In the drawings, A A represent the blades of the shears pivoted ataylone blade, A, having a. shank, B, byA

which it is fixed firmly to the end of the stati` C, the other, A',movable, and having itsend opposite to the cutting-end'connected withthe operating-rod. E is a sliding-thimble e, elasping the staEC andmoving up and down upon it, having a set-screw, Z, by which it maybeixed in a/ny required position on the stad'. On one side ot` the thimbleF are lugs in which, upon a pin, K, pivots a lever, D. The lower' end ofthe staff C has a slot, through which passes a hand-lever, H, pivoted ona pin, ,in the sl'ot. Instead off a slot and pin thus described, asimple pin, fixed in the side of the staff, may be used, or anyfotherof'the common means for pivoting such :x lever. One ,9nd, z, of thelever H is shaped as a handle; the other has a link or eye, which holdsthe end of a connecting-rod running from the lever H to thel lever D. mm n'z are holes in the lever D, at derent distances from the staff E, inwhich the connecting-rods e e' may be hooked. By changing these rodsfrom one of said holes to another, various degrees of power may be givento the cutting-shears A A.

These pruning-shears are operated by the handle, h, which communicatesby the connecting-rods c e and lever D with the movable blade A', asabove explained. depressing the handle h, the shears are opened; byelevating it again, the shears are closed. Any required degree of' powermay be given to the instrument by means of the adjustable lever D.Shears thus constructed, although specially adapted to the pruning ofvines, trees, and shrubbery, may be used for any other purpose for which`stout shears are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and rdesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The pruning-shears above described, having the fixed bla-de Aattached to the staff C, and operating in combination with the movableblade A', the connecting-rods c e', and the levers D and H,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The movable lever D, pivoting in a sliding-thimble, F, on the staffC, and.having the holes m m m, by

which its power may be adjusted, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

y SAMUEL W. JONES.

Witnesses GEORGE ARNOLD, lLunas SEWELL.

